Sree Parukkanchery Bhagavathy Temple is located 9 km southeast of Palakkad, at Pallateri junction, and 1 km south of the Para-Pollachi state highway. Dating back to the sixteenth century, the legend tells of an era when the area was covered in jungles. One day, a woman farmer ventured into the woods to gather fodder. As she was sharpening her sickle on a nearby granite stone, blood began to ooze from it. Witnessing this rare phenomenon, she promptly reported it to the concerned authorities. A Prasna (ritual inquiry) was conducted, revealing that the stone that bled possessed the divine powers of Goddess Vana-Durga. Consequently, a temple was constructed more for the swayambhu vigraha (self-manifested deity) under the direct supervision of the Karnavars (temple administrators) of five Nair taravds (traditional family units), namely Mannil, Vazhenkhat, Mullath, Muttambarath, and Anthoor. It is worth noting that in the past, the temple practiced rituals involving human, animal, and bird sacrifices, although such practices are no longer observed today.